Star profile
HIP 31946
What is HIP 31946
In the Giraffe, a late and modest constellation of the northern sky, shines an orange star of unhurried light. Its glow began its journey 775 years ago, when Thomas Aquinas was writing the Summa Theologiae and the European kingdoms were preparing for the Eighth Crusade. Cooler and broader than the Sun, its warm tone recalls copper polished by the hands of many generations.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 31946 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 70° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 59° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 18° S.
It ranks no. 64 in brightness among the 75 stars of Camelopardalis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Camelopardalis, the brightest: it lies about 15° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 770 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 31946
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.88
- Distance
- 774.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 100.134° · Dec 71.749°
- Catalogue
- HIP 31946 · HD 46509
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Other stars in Camelopardalis
Camelopardalis has 75 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Beta Camelopardalis4.03
- HIP 162284.21
- Alpha Camelopardalis4.26
- HIP 247325.81
- HIP 178915.82
- HIP 191295.88
- HIP 203805.91
- HIP 214525.91